Chicagoan

American  

[shi-kah-goh-uhn, -kaw-] / ʃɪˈkɑ goʊ ən, -ˈkɔ- /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.

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Example Sentences

A person from Naperville can call himself a Chicagoan without any question.

From The Wall Street Journal

I felt like a real Chicagoan, trudging through drifts in snow boots, cursing the ghost train that left me perched under the platform heater like a Costco rotisserie chicken for sixteen extra minutes, before finally heading to Al’s Beef.

From Salon

Despite Leo’s reputation as a more subdued pontiff than his recently deceased predecessor, Pope Francis, the 70-year-old Chicagoan seemed galvanized by the moment.

From Los Angeles Times

What we will hear more of this trip is a pope speaking in a Chicagoan accent.

From BBC

But if you showed the average Chicagoan the evidence now in the public domain, most would likely surmise that Mr. Homan took a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal